Opinion & Contributed Articles

Letter From The Editor: On assignment for the Dutch veal tour

Opinion In the world of elite meat, Dutch veal is a delicacy with its niche on the more expensive side of the scale. Yet it has a powerful footing in

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Nov 2019

Letter From The Editor: On assignment for the Dutch veal tour

Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend

Opinion At the risk of beating this issue to death, I found yet another blog post I did several years ago on the issue of transparency in how public health

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Nov 2019

Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend

Letter From The Editor: A warning notice about FDA and CDC

Opinion Note: At this time, the credibility of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is not to be trusted. Both agencies

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Nov 2019

Letter From The Editor: A warning notice about FDA and CDC

Publisher’s Platform: A bit more about the FDA and lack of Transparency

Opinion The Halloween disclosure of a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce raises another concern about the FDA and transparency — the failure to disclose where consumers purchased the

By Bill Marler

/ 2 Nov 2019

Publisher’s Platform: A bit more about the FDA and lack of Transparency

Publisher’s Platform: It is not like I have not been preaching transparency for some time

Opinion There has been yet another romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak. This time with 23 people infected from July 12 to Sept. 8 in a dozen states. Eleven people were

By Bill Marler

/ 2 Nov 2019

Publisher’s Platform: It is not like I have not been preaching transparency for some time

Letter from the Editor: It was time to draw the line

Opinion News involves various facts around certain events put into some context. Food Safety News usually does not have a problem putting these factors together for our readers, but I

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Oct 2019

Letter from the Editor: It was time to draw the line

Exploring the technology of food safety culture with FDA’s Yiannas

Opinion Frank Yiannas, nearing completion of his first year as FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, opened the 2019 Food Safety Consortium Conference recently in Schaumburg, IL.

By Jim Mann

/ 14 Oct 2019

Exploring the technology of food safety culture with FDA’s Yiannas

There isn’t more Hepatitis A risk for restaurant workers; but they can spread it faster than others

Opinion America’s food safety attorney Bill Marler, who by way of proper disclosure is also the publisher of Food Safety News, wants food handlers vaccinated for Hepatitis A. Fact

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Oct 2019

There isn’t more Hepatitis A risk for restaurant workers; but they can spread it faster than others

Safe food requires transparency and accountability

Opinion On a recent visit with some family, I became acquainted with NFL RedZone. For those of you not familiar with this television channel, it provides “whip-around coverage” of all

By Thomas Gremillion

/ 7 Oct 2019

Safe food requires transparency and accountability

FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety

Opinion After a series of large-scale food safety problems almost a decade ago, Congress passed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA, to shift

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration

/ 1 Oct 2019

FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety

Beach Beat: What to remember from September

Opinion I know September is almost over because Christmas merchandise is beginning to nudge its way into retail spaces. But just because Food Safety Education Month is nearing its end,

By Coral Beach

/ 27 Sep 2019

Beach Beat: What to remember from September

African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual

Opinion Editor’s note: This column is published here with the permission of the author, Leah Garcés. Over the past few months, news reports of China’s African swine fever

By Leah Garcés

/ 23 Sep 2019

African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Letter From The Editor: On assignment for the Dutch veal tour

Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend

Letter From The Editor: A warning notice about FDA and CDC

Publisher’s Platform: A bit more about the FDA and lack of Transparency

Publisher’s Platform: It is not like I have not been preaching transparency for some time

Letter from the Editor: It was time to draw the line

Exploring the technology of food safety culture with FDA’s Yiannas

There isn’t more Hepatitis A risk for restaurant workers; but they can spread it faster than others

Safe food requires transparency and accountability

FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety

Beach Beat: What to remember from September

African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual

Your Support Protects Public Health